Cross-border worker — long-stay employment visa D/AM2
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Lucrător transfrontalier — viza de lungă şedere pentru angajare în muncă tip D/AM2 as of 2026-08-25[2][4] Article 2 lit. ff), read directly, names and defines 'lucrator transfrontalier' as a foreigner who is a national of a state sharing a land border with Romania and who lives in that state's border zone, employed in a Romanian border locality on an individual employment contract of indefinite or fixed duration. |
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| Official name (English) | Cross-border worker — long-stay employment visa D/AM2 as of 2026-08-25[2][4] Translation of the statutory term; no official English name was found. |
| Legal basis | Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, art. 2 lit. ff), astfel cum a fost introdusă prin Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 32/2026 as of 2026-08-25[2][4] Article 2 lit. ff) was read directly in the consolidated text; the conditions and permit terms are behind the retrieval ceiling. |
| Instrument type | Not established from a qualifying source |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[2][4] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. No age condition is stated. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-25[3] A criminal record certificate or equivalent is uploaded with the D/AM2 single application. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Not established from a qualifying source |
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| Work rights | employment only as of 2026-08-25[2][4] Employment in a Romanian border locality with the employer named in the contract. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. IGI publishes the categories to which the long-term residence right is NOT granted as a closed list: holders of temporary residence for studies; applicants for and beneficiaries of temporary protection; applicants for and beneficiaries of protection other than international protection; applicants for international protection; holders of a residence right conferred by a short-stay, diplomatic or service visa; and holders of a right obtained to work as a seasonal worker or an au-pair worker. This route is not in that list. But absence from a list of exclusions is not the same as a positive statement that time on this route counts, and IGI names only work, commercial activities and family reunification as examples of qualifying purposes. A cross-border worker lives in the neighbouring state by definition, so the 5-year continuous-residence condition is unlikely to be met on this route, but IGI does not say so and nothing is asserted. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-25[2][3] The single application rests on an individual employment contract registered in REGES-ONLINE. |
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| Labour-market test | Yes as of 2026-08-25[3] The D/AM2 general conditions apply, including the shortage-occupations list. See ro-lucrator-permanent. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-25[3] Filed by the placement agency or the authorised employer. |
| Own means requirement | 1 × national minimum gross base wage guaranteed in payment per month as of 2026-08-25[3] Means at the level of the national minimum gross base wage for a period of 90 days, as for every D/AM2 application. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-25[3] Not a job-search instrument. |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-08-25[2][3] The visa is granted by a Romanian mission on a single application filed by the placement agency or authorised employer. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 20 days as of 2026-08-25[2] The National Visa Centre decides a D/AM visa application within 20 days of submission. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25[4] No presence condition is stated. The definition's requirement that the worker live in the border zone of the neighbouring state is a definitional feature, not a presence rule. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Perceperea taxei de viza
Ministerul Afacerilor Externe — Centrul National de Vize · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [2] Tipuri de vize şi scopurile deplasării
Ministerul Afacerilor Externe – Centrul Naţional de Vize (eViza) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [3] Viza de lunga sedere pentru angajare in munca
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [4] Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 194/2002 privind regimul străinilor în România, republicată – formă consolidată valabilă la 30 aprilie 2026 (publicată de IGI)
Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări / Guvernul României · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2008-06-05 · Accessed 2026-08-25